COP15 is an opportunity for the UK to champion nature on a global stage

Nature is in long-term decline, with one million animal and plant species currently facing extinction. This breakdown of ecosystems is a risk to our food security. It could also worsen the impacts of flooding and undermine public health and wellbeing. That is why we must rally our international partners to protect and restore nature. I am passionate about conserving our wildlife. It is a fundamental part of our heritage but nature is also an economic asset. As we have stripped ourselves of nature, bit by bit, we have begun to lose the services that nature once provided for free. The loss...